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H. GEORGE. TEMPORARY FILE OR-BINDE'R.

No. 472,018. Patented Mar. 29, 1892.

1%. /%%@Z y m I .NrTE TATES HENRY GEORGE, OF MANCHESTER, ENGLAND,ASSIGNOR TOEDWVARD A.

' GODDING, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

TEMPORARY FILE OR BINDER.

SPECIFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,018, dated March29, 1892. Application filed November 4, 1891. Serial No. 410,831. (Nomodel.) Patented in England September 2 1 8 To whom it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, HENRY GEORGE, of Manchester, in the county ofLancaster, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inTemporary Files or Binders; and I hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention has reference to improvements in devices for filing ortemporarily binding together letters, bills, (to.

The object of the invention is to produce a temporary binder which shallbe simple in construction, convenient in use, and effect-iv inoperation.

The invention consists in the peculiar features of construction andnovel combination of parts, which will hereinafter be more fullydescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure 1 represents an end view of the improved binding device andindicates the operation of the same. Fig. 2 represents a plan view ofthe binder to show the spring-catches.

Similar numbers of reference designate corresponding parts throughout.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a bed-plate, which may or may not besecured to a thin board of a size equal to that of the sheets ofletter-paper or of the bill-heads for which it is to be used. At therear portion of this bed-plate and extending across the greater portionof the same is the bearing 6, which may be stamped up from the metal ofthe bedplate or may be formed of a separate piece and secured to thebed-plate. The tilting arms 7 7 are formed in part with and connected attheir bases by a straight shaft extending through the bearing 6 at theupper portions. These arms have the curved portions 8 8 and the pointedends 9 9.

The spring-clips 1O 10 are secured by the plates 11 11 to the base 5 andextend upward and rearward, partially surrounding the rear portion ofthe tilting arms, the rear ends of these clips forming jaws 12, adaptedto facilitate the entrance of the tilting arms between the shoulders ofthe clips. These clips may be secured in place to engage one of thetilting arms, or the pair of clips may be separated by the width of theplate between the tilting arms, and each of the pair engage a separatearm.

The vertical posts 13 13 are secured to the front portion of the plateor base 5 and may be hollow, or they may be provided at their upper endswith sockets adapted to receive the pointed ends of the tilting arms.The upper ends of these posts 13 13 are also out off at an angle topermit of their ready entrance into the holes punched in the letter orbill heads, and a short distance below the upper ends these posts 13 13are provided with transverse perforations 14 14, through which a tape orstring may be passed when it is desired to secure the contents of thebinder together.

When in the closed position shown in solid lines in the drawings, thecontents or any portion of the same can be readily moved from the posts13 13 onto the tilting arms. When the desired letter or bill is thusbrought to view, a simple movement of the hand will throw the tiltingarms backward, and the paper may then be removed from the file orbinder, which is then closed by a slight forward pressure on the tiltingarms, the springclips engaging with these arms and supporting them inplace. 7

When the entire contents are to be removed from the binder, a string ortape is usually passed through the perforations 1 1 14 of both the posts13 13, and after pushing back the tilting arms the contents are removedfrom the posts 13 13, the movement of the contents tending to thread thestring or tape held in the perforations 14 14 through the holes in thepapers, which may now be secured together by tying the ends of thestring or tape; or the operation maybe reversed by first moving thecontents of the binder upon the tiltin g arms and then inserting thestring or tape through the perforations 14: 14. The contents may now bepushed back onto the posts 13 13, threading the string or tape throughthe perforations in the papers and tying the ends.

Having thus described my invention, I.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a temporaryfile or binder, the oom bination, with vertical posts secured on abedplate, of curved tilting arms having pointed.

ends adapted to register with the upper ends of said vertical posts andconnected by a shaft 14, and the spring-clips 10 10, having the jawsintegral with said arms and working in a 12, secured to said plate 5 andadapted to enbearing secured to or formed in part with said gage one ofsaid tilting arms and support the bed-plate, and spring-clips adapted tosupport same, as and for the purpose described. 15 5 said tilting arms,as described. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 2. Thecombination, with the bed-plate 5, hand. the bearing 6, secured thereto,and the tilting arms 7 7, having the curved portion 8 S and GEORGEpointed ends 9 9 and connected by a shaft ex- \Vitnesses: x0 tendingthrough said bearing 6, 0f the posts GEO. J. B. FRANKLIN, 13 13, havingthe transverse perforations 14.- \VALTER J. SKERTEN.

